Nicotine and moisture absorbing pipe



Oct. 26, 19.37. H. HOELK NICOTINE AND MOISTURE ABSORBING PIPE Filed March 31, 1936 ZQLM INVZNTOR wilaw ATTORNEY ATENT OFFICE NICOTINE AND MOISTURE ABSORBING PIPE Hans Hoelk, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application March 31, 1936, Serial No. 71,820

4 Claims. (Cl. 131-12) My present invention relates to smoking pipes, smokers mouth. Furthermore, in view of the and aims to provide a device of the general charfact that it is necessary, quite frequently, to acter indicated, which is simple in construction, change the filtering device, it is rather an exeasy and economical to fabricate and assemble, pense to say nothing of the annoyance and un- 5 and which presents certain advantages over exclean and unsanitary way in which the filter isting smoking pipes of a similar nature, which must be removed. By means of the presentinvenwill be set forth in later portions of this specification these disadvantages are entirely removed, tion. I and a pipe is provided in which the filtering device In the accompanying specification I shall deis very readily inserted and removed, effectively scribe, and in the annexed drawing show, an 11- absorbs the moisture, nicotine and other impuri- 10 lustrative embodiment of the smoking pipe of the ties, and is very inexpensive. Other objects a UNi'ipresent invention. It is, however, to be clearly advantages will become obvious to those skilled in understood that I do not wish to be limited to the art to which the present invention relates as the exact details of construction shown and dethe detailed descriptio thereof p e 15 scribed herein for purposes of illustration only, Referring now more in detail to the illustrative 15'! inasmuch as minor changes therein may be made embodiment of the present e t o and With without the exercise of the inventive faculties, particular reference to the drawing illustrating and within the scope of the claims hereto apthe Same, the numeral 5 enerally desi e pended. smoking pipe consisting, broadly, of three (3) por- I th drawing; tions, the stem 6, the bowl I and the attachment 20 Fig. 1 is a longitudinal, sectional View, taken 8. The bowl I is prov With a Passage 9 leadthrough the center of a smoking pipe, made in ing to a chamber l0 within which it is intended accordance with the present invention; and to fit the attachment 8. The stem 6 is conven- Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the stem of such tional and is provided with a central passage l I pipe showing more clearly the nature of the at- Whichis stepped at 12 to receive the attachment 8. 25 tachment which will be more specifically referred The attachment 8 consists of a cylindrical plug to in the detailed description. l3 reduced at M so as to permit its being fixed Before describing my invention in detail, I within the step portion l2 of the stem '6. The deem it advisable, briefly, to refer to the prior art cylindrical plug I3 is cut away at its front porin the field to which the present inventio relates, tion 15 so as to present a small flattened surface 30 to point out some of the disadvantages thereof, is, the sides I! of which are sloped downwardly and the manner in which the present invention so that any moisture which might gather on the vercomes the same small flattened surface 16 will readily roll down There are in existence at the present time a the sides I? and not enter the opening !8 which number of so -called drinkless pipes. These leads to the passage l9 in register With the pas- 35 pipes have for their object the preventing of sage H of the stem 6. Extending outwardly from drawing into the smokers mouth the moisture the front wall of the plug i3 is a gradually rewhich normally collects in a smoking pipe, and duced spindle 20, the outer end of which is the nicotine and other impurities normally presapted to pass hrough the passage 9 and exent in smoking tobacco. I have discovered that tends slight y within the bowl 1. By so arranging i0 such drinkless pipes have certain disadvanthe spindle 20, the opening tothe passage 9 is tages. In the first place, for the most part, such prevented from clogging. pipes contain a filtering device which is sup- While any type of filtering device may be utiposed to absorb the moisture and nicotine and lized in conjunction with the attachment 8, I prethrough the center of which the smoke is drawn for to use an ordinary pipe cleaner. All that it is 45 from the bowl to the smokers mouth. I have necessary to do to use such a filter with the atfound that such pipes have a tendency to clog tachment 8, is to place one end 2! thereof intothereby preventing an easy draw and eventually the small opening 22 in the front wall of the plug clogging entirely so as to require very frequent E3 of the attachment, and then wind the cleaner 90 changing of the filtering device. I have further 23 about the spindle 20 as clearly shown in the found that in view of the manner in which the drawing. The pipe may then be assembled so filtering device is set in the pipe it is ineffective that the filtering device is within the chamber H] for absorbing all of the moisture, and a good and the action thereof, during smoking, becomes deal of the moisture gets past the filter, goes as follows:

through the stem, and eventually enters the Smoke drawn through the passage 9 from the 55 bowl enters the chamber [0 where it circulates about the filter 23, and comes into such intimate contact therewith that all of the moisture, nicotine and other impurities are removed therefrom and absorbed by such filter so that only pure smoke can enter the opening 18 which is positioned face upwardly and which leads to the passage I 9, thence to the passage H and then to the smokers mouth. Should any moisture still remain in the smoke when it reaches the flattened portion lie of the attachment, the same is deposited upon such flattened area and immediately rolls off the same down the sloping sides 11, and never reaches the smokers mouth. When it is desired to change the filter, all that it is necessary to do is to remove the bowl 1 from the stem 6 and with a match-stick or any other convenient device slide the filter 23 off the spindle 20. A new one is readily secured in place and the pipe is again ready to be smoked.

This completes the description of the aforesaid illustrative embodiment of the present invention. It is believed that it will be obvious from such description that the smoking pipes of the present invention are simple in construction,

easy and economical to fabricate and assemble and admirably adapted to perform the functions set forth from time to time as the'detailed description progressed.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will readily appear to those skilled in the'art to which the present invention relates.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a moisture and nicotine absorbing pipe, the combination with the bowl and stem thereof, of an attachment having a passage communicating between the stem and the bowl, said attachment including a filter-support and a recess oifset from the longitudinal axis of said filtersupport and a filter element anchored in said recess and carried by and wrapped about said support.

2. In a moisture and nicotine absorbing pipe, the combination with the bowl and stem thereof, of an attachment having a passage communicating between the stem and the bowl, said attachment including a cylindrical plug cooperable with the stem and bowl, a filter-support extending from said plug, and a replaceable filter element anchored at one end in said plug and being carried by and wrapped about said filter-support.

3. In a moisture and nicotine absorbing pipe, the combination with the bowl and stem thereof, of an attachment having a passage communicating between the stem and the bowl, said attachment including a cylindrical plug cooperable with the stem and bowl, a spindle extending from said plug into the bowl and a replaceable filter element anchored at one end in said plug and being carried by and wrapped about said spindle.

4. An attachment for smoking pipes comprising a cylindrical plug having a flattened portion adjacent its forward wall provided with sloping sides and a filter-anchoring opening in its forward wall, a spindle extending outwardly from said forward wall, and a replaceable filter element having one end thereof anchored in said forward wall, and being carried by and wrapped about said spindle.

HANS HOELK. 

